Finance Officer

This is a Full Time Permanent Position. Are you a talented, ambitious Finance Officer looking to make your next move? We are looking to recruit a AAT level 3 or equivalent qualified finance professional to join the councils Business Finance Team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated candidate with a ‘can do’ attitude who may already work within the public sector or work in the private sector and are looking for a change?

The successful candidate will have a broad and varied role, providing customer focused financial support, advice and challenge to service areas across the authority to help inform the decision making of operational managers, Assistant Directors and Directors. The candidate must have experience of delivering financial services, an understanding of financial systems and procedures, excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to fulfil this broad and varied role.

We are committed to investing and ‘growing our own’ senior finance professionals and therefore there is potential for the successful candidate to continue their studies and gain a CCAB qualification.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

• Monitoring of Revenue & Capital budgets, maintaining all financial systems, to provide financial information, reports & statistics to managers, and senior finance staff.
• To prepare and collate financial information for budget preparation.
• To update and adjust the corporate financial ledger to enable the production of the Council’s annual accounts.
• To promote and ensure value for money, compliance with proper accounting practices and the adherence to grant conditions and financial regulations.
• To provide the frontline source of leadership, support & guidance to lower graded Finance Officers.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Maintain Workday systems, monitoring all required revenue & capital budgets & holding/suspense accounts, ensuring the integrity of all financial information with regard to accurate and timely posting of expenditure & income.
• Supply a wide range of financial information on a regular and ad-hoc basis to managers, budget-holders and senior finance staff to enable the effective financial management and control of the Council’s finances in line with Corporate financial policies and Financial Regulations.
• Co-ordinate with staff from service areas and within Corporate Finance to ensure that grant claims, financial & statistical returns & other external requests for information are produced to a high standard in a timely & effective manner.
• To monitor & review all financial operations and make recommendations for improvements to systems and procedures where necessary to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources and the adequacy of internal control.
• To liaise with managers, budget holders and other finance staff to produce and collate financial information for the production of the Council’s medium & long term budget, ensuring that the Council’s aims & objectives are reflected in budget proposals.
• Provide front-line financial support, advice, analysis & training to service managers and staff to ensure that financial management information is available to aid the service management decision making process.
• Provide leadership, support and training to lower graded Finance Officers and Clerical Support Assistants to aid their personal objectives and develop staff able to provide a high quality financial support service.
• Assist in the production of the Council’s annual accounts by ensuring that all necessary expenditure and income is correctly accounted for in line with statutory accounting guidelines.

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate H&S policy.

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.